Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Template other The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars) is a Syro-Malabar eparchy (Eastern Catholic) in India, part of the rite-specific the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite).

It thus depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches, but is simultaneously a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,602 Eastern Catholics (0.1% of 6,253,649 total) on 18,441 km² in 41 parishes and a mission with 93 priests (41 diocesan, 52 religious), 433 lay religious (120 brothers, 313 sisters) and 9 seminarians.

History

• It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain, on territory split off from the (Latin) Diocese of Indore.
• On 26 February 1977 the Apostolic Exarchate was elevated to Diocese of Ujjain.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain

Sl.No	Ordinary	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Father John Perumattam Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.)	Apostolic Exarch	29 July 1968	26 February 1977

Bishops

Sl.No	Ordinary	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	John Perumattam Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.)	Bishop	26 February 1977	4 April 1998
2	Sebastian Vadakel Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.)	Bishop	4 April 1998	Present

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in India

Sources and external links

• GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain on Catholic-Hierarchy

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